Chapter 46 Just an Elder

Tobias felt a sting at the word “asking,” but he swallowed it.

“Yeah, okay. Consider me asking,” he said.

“I’ll be there,” Kaia replied. “I’ll meet you at the venue, but I’m skipping the pre-ceremony preparations.”

He hesitated, then nodded. “Fine. I’ll let the Graves family know.”

All those traditional pre-wedding customs were just for show anyway. The reception was what mattered.

When Lucien arrived at the hospital, they were already gone. He spoke briefly with the doctor, then looked through the glass at the woman lying unconscious in the bed.

He’d seen her just days ago, so full of life. Now she lay still, a fragile form lost in a tangle of tubes and beeping machines. He stepped away, pulling out his phone to call Alyssa again.

“Anyone visited the Graves Manor in the last day or two?” he asked.

“No, don’t think so. Uncle Lucien, what’s going on?”

“Mm, I see,” he replied, hanging up, lost in thought.

Is she sun going to my

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accident…

He tugged at his tie. The urge to storm over to her place, to demand what she was doing, was almost unbearable. But he couldn’t. She was still Alden’s bride-to-be.

Until that engagement was dead and buried, he was just an elder to her.

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at the door, her face a mask of

your mother?”

fierce glare. “Why weren’t you at

honey, I

You know how she is. I didn’t want to set her off. She’d start smashing things if

a good private nurse for her tomorrow. Top care,

A stroke?

Sally’s smile faltered.

discharged? You’re not planning to bring her

wants her to move in here after? No way. I’m not taking care of

if she passes away in the house? Talk about

stay at the hospital for now. We can afford

Relief washed over Sally.

the wedding? Is Kaia

is!” A smug smile spread across Tobias’ face. “Finally, a shred of decency from

all the pre-wedding stuff. We’ll get a

Sally frowned.

Skip all the traditions?

doubt began

really going to show

that night, Alyssa’s phone finally buzzed. It

Kaia.

Where have you been? I’ve been so

to do something for me

in a black tux and hair perfectly coiffed, projected an air of cool detachment. But

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